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DiverDave

(5,037 posts)

16. Just a guess

Reply to Dumpy (Reply #12)

Tue Nov 19, 2024, 09:40 AM

Nov 19

He doesn't speak Japanese. As ALL communication inside is in Japanese..
Turns out, you are allowed to watch T.V., read and speak Japanese, only. Even to fellow inmates.
Immersion language training. Lol.
It doesn't sound like a country club prison.
I imagine he only speaks very loud English when in a foreign country.
Poor guy.
Expect a go fund me and stories of how he is a great guy.
No sympathy from me.

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65 year old American tourist carves last name into 100 year old Japanese shrine.. perp walk [View all] BlueWaveNeverEnd Nov 19 OP

Just spitballing, LakeVermilion Nov 19 #1

agreed. probably traveled the world carving initials into things. entitled jerk!! BlueWaveNeverEnd Nov 19 #2

The Meiji Shrine? Straw Man Nov 19 #3

Dracula exboyfil Nov 19 #4

"most beautiful?" Blue_Tires Nov 19 #19

I vote for the five years in prison Auggie Nov 19 #5

Same here... 2naSalit Nov 19 #14

Why not both? Chellee Nov 19 #15

There is no question in my mind who he voted for. Scrivener7 Nov 19 #6

Too bad they can't extradite him back to Alabama or Louisiana to serve his prison sentence. John Shaft Nov 19 #7

Japanese prisons are strict structure of rehabilitation and punishment Dumpy Nov 19 #12

Just a guess DiverDave Nov 19 #16

Yup. Straw Man Nov 19 #34

No he won't, Japanses prisons are way worse than here obamanut2012 Nov 19 #26

This is why the world can't have anything nice. Hugin Nov 19 #8

In the Navy they taught us we were representing the United States Emile Nov 19 #9

Our company told us gab13by13 Nov 19 #28

"Here's what I think of your precious culture" oasis Nov 19 #10

No prison sentence..... AltairIV Nov 19 #11

Japanese justice is brutal. Swede Nov 19 #13

Yup, they don't even have what rights we do here obamanut2012 Nov 19 #25

Some people should never travel. MineralMan Nov 19 #17

I had never heard of this until recently. yardwork Nov 19 #20

Leaving your mark wherever you go seems to be part of human nature. MineralMan Nov 19 #21

I've seen historical sites and items marked by idiots putting their name on it Elessar Zappa Nov 19 #32

Christ, what an asshole... Blue_Tires Nov 19 #18

My favorite part is when he naturally assumed Blue_Tires Nov 19 #22

Jesus, dude, just do what l do when l visit a new place. Xavier Breath Nov 19 #23

Japanese jails and prisons are very much not great obamanut2012 Nov 19 #24

Problematic American (and other non-Japanese) tourists are getting out of control ChicagoRonin Nov 19 #27

Usually this kind of thing involves teenagers CanonRay Nov 19 #29

Holey Moley dumber than a bag of rocks Beringia Nov 19 #30

Ironic RobinA Nov 19 #31

If he just used his fingernails they SHOULD be able to just steam that out jmowreader Nov 19 #33

Nothing like adding another name in the list of "ugly American," tourists. 🙄 Learn respect, jerk! electric_blue68 Nov 19 #35

Putting the "ugly" in "ugly American." nt City Lights Nov 19 #36